$435,000 Awarded in 2013
More than a dozen Denver metro area district and charter schools received awards in 2013 for outstanding success in successfully serving large numbers of low-income students. $435,000 in grant awards was distributed among the award winners.
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Podcasts – Who We Are
Tom Kaesemeyer, executive director of the Denver-based Fox Family Foundation, discusses the local cooperative initiative Foundations for Great Schools, which each January announces grant awards to Denver-area district and charter schools successfully serving large numbers of...
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Common Success Factors Among Schools
Common success factors found among the 2013 winners included: focus on school culture, data-driven teaching strategies to meet individual student needs, expanded learning time, and teacher professional development
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About Us
Foundations for Great Schools is a group of private Colorado foundations who have come together to recognize and reward successful public schools serving high proportions of low-income students in metro Denver. We do this through an annual grant awards program and through sharing of schools’ successful strategies.
About the Awards
There is no application or nomination process. Annual award winners are selected from among a 12 school district area within the Denver metro area. Elementary, Middle, High School, Public District, and Public Charter are all considered.